Executions in Hawija; 175 Killed in Iraq

As the fight for Mosul draws closer, so does the day
that Baghdad and Arbil will have to discuss
the new border for Kurdistan. Peshmerga forces have been busy recovering
traditional Kurdish territory stolen from Iraq by the Islamic State. Those
gains may have come at a cost to other ethnic groups in northern Iraq.

Prime Minister Haider al-Abadireported
that operations on Khalidiya Island are now ending and about 1,000 militants
were killed.

At least 175 people were killed
and 19 more wounded:

Militants executed
48 young men in Hawija. The men had been detained in several towns
near Riyadh and imprisoned for months.